Mourning the One That We Pierced
Zechariah 12:10b says “…They
will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one
mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a
firstborn son.”
Have you ever stopped to truly
look at the one we have pierced and mourned for him? Have you grieved for the sacrifice that He
made? I know we weren't there the day
they crucified Christ. After all, that
happened over 2000 years ago. Even
though we weren't there in person, it was our sins that nailed him to that
cross just as if we had been there to drive those nails ourselves. So, the
question again is: Have you ever stopped to look at the one that we have
pierced?
This is the same one who
invited the little children to come to him, who raised the widow’s son from the
dead, who fed the 5000 with the little boy's lunch, who cried at the pain and sorrow
Lazarus’ death brought to his family. We
like to look at Christ in those moments.
It is at those moments that we can relate to Him. We see His love and compassion, but we also
see His power and majesty. Those are the
“happy” moments, the ones that we like to dwell on.
While those moments are
crucial to our understanding of who Christ is and what He came to earth to
accomplish, they are only the prelude to that fateful day on Calvary. On that day, He is no longer the Rabbi
teaching His students, chastising the Pharisees, healing the sick, or welcoming
the little children. Those actions were
all part of the Plan, but they weren’t the Plan.
So, there He was, hanging on
that cross, bloody, and battered. Blood pouring from the crown of thorns on His
head. So many stripes across his back, naked, vulnerable, struggling to
breathe. Every breath getting a little
harder as His strength waned.
He didn't have to go to that
cross, but He did. He didn't have to
come to the earth in the form of man, but He did! Because He did, He knows the
pain we feel. He knows the temptations
we experience. He knows the struggles of
just making a living and providing for the day-to-day necessities. He knows the heartache that this life can
bring because of sin. He also knew that without a Savior, we had no hope.
Because He knew all that, He
went to that cross! Yes, our sins nailed Him there, but His love kept Him there! When we look at Him, we don't see a bloody,
battered, beaten man, we see a loving, caring, merciful, gracious Savior. For
while we were still sinners Christ died for us! So, the next time you look at
the cross don't just see a piece of wood.
See the sacrifice. See the love. See the Savior and remember, as the song
says, “when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.” How much will His sacrifice be on your mind?
Mourning and praising from my
porch!
Romans
5: 6
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